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Symposium on newspapers' roles in digital era

TOKYO, Japan - The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association holds a symposium in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2014, to discuss roles of newspapers in the depopulating society and the digital era.

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Taipei photo exhibition on quake, tsunami in Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A man looks at a picture, taken by Japan's Sankei Shimbun, showing damage caused by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, at a news photo exhibition in Taipei on April 10, 2014. Photographs by 13 news organizations, members of the Japan Newspaper Publishers

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Taipei photo exhibition on quake, tsunami in Japan

TAIPEI, Taiwan - A visitor looks at a picture, taken by Japan's Niigata Nippo, showing damage caused by the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami, at a news photo exhibition in Taipei on April 10, 2014. Photographs by 13 news organizations, members of the Japan Newspaper Publishers

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Japan Embassy thanks people of Thai for support

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo shows a page of the March 31, 2011 issue of Thailand's English newspaper, the Nation, which carries a message of appreciation by the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok for the support the people of Thailand have offered Japan following the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The embassy, which plans to have the message published in several newspapers, said the publishers offered to carry it for free.

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Asahi Shimbun adviser resigns as head of newspaper association

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Hakoshima, executive adviser of the Asahi Shimbun, said at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 7 that he will resign as the chairman of the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association to take responsibility for a recent scandal involving a fabricated report on the Sept. 11 general election by the major national daily.

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Asahi Shimbun adviser to resign as head of newspaper association

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Hakoshima (file photo), executive adviser of the Asahi Shimbun, said Sept. 7 he will resign as the chairman of the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association due to a recent scandal involving a fabricated report on the Sept. 11 general election by the major national daily.

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Media groups voice objection to bill on human rights

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives from three media groups in Japan on March 7 submit to Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe (L, with back to camera) a joint statement opposing a government bill on human rights. The statement says the bill ''will allow unjustified interference in media coverage by the government.'' The groups are the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association, the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan and Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK).

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Media representatives open meeting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association (Nihon Shimbun Kyokai) opens a 2-day annual convention in Yokohama on Oct. 17. The 53rd such gathering was attended by some 540 representatives of newspapers, news agencies and broadcast stations throughout Japan.

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Media groups voice objection to bill on human rights

TOKYO, Japan - Representatives from three media groups in Japan on March 7 submit to Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Shinzo Abe (L, with back to camera) a joint statement opposing a government bill on human rights. The statement says the bill ''will allow unjustified interference in media coverage by the government.'' The groups are the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association, the National Association of Commercial Broadcasters in Japan and Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK).

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Japan newspapers to jointly set up news, info website

TOKYO, Japan - Akishige Tada (standing), president of Fukuoka-based Nishinippon Newspaper Co., addresses a ceremony in Tokyo on Sept. 7 to inaugurate Press Net Japan Co., an operator of a website to be set up by 51 newspaper publishers. The website will carry domestic and overseas news and information about tourism and local delicacies as well as advertisements. (Kyodo)

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Japan Newspaper Museum reopens in Yokohama

Yokohama Mayor Fumiko Hayashi (L) and Kojiro Shiraishi, chairman of the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association, participate in a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on July 20, 2016, to mark the reopening of Newspark, also known as the Japan Newspaper Museum, following an overhaul of its displays. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Newspaper clipping workshop held at university in Yamagata

A participant clips an article from a newspaper during a workshop hosted by the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association on May 26, 2015, at the Tohoku University of Art and Design in Yamagata, Japan. The event is aimed at raising young people's interest in reading newspapers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Newspaper clipping workshop held at university in Yamagata

A participant explains her work made from newspaper clippings during a workshop hosted by the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association on May 26, 2015, at the Tohoku University of Art and Design in Yamagata, Japan. The event is aimed at raising young people's interest in reading newspapers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Award-winning pro 'shogi' chess player aims at interesting matches

Professional "shogi" player Kenji Imaizumi shows the Happy News Person Award received from the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association at a ceremony in Osaka, western Japan, on April 6. Imaizumi, the youngest player of the Japanese chess game to have been certified as a professional since the end of World War II, said he will keep aiming to play interesting matches. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan marks 4th anniv. of deadly disaster

A man receives a newspaper issued by three local newspaper publishers in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures in front of JR Shibuya Station in Tokyo on March 11, 2015. The three papers printed around 1 million copies to report the current situation in the three prefectures, most severely damaged by the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster, on its fourth anniversary. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Asahi reporter files libel suit over "comfort women" report

Takashi Uemura (C), a former Asahi Shimbun newspaper reporter, and his lawyers head for the Sapporo District Court in northern Japan on Feb. 10, 2015, to file a libel suit against a journalist and three publishers, claiming their articles groundlessly labeled him as a fabricator of a report on a former Korean "comfort woman." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Former Asahi reporter files libel suit over "comfort women" report

Takashi Uemura, a former Asahi Shimbun newspaper reporter, holds a press conference in Sapporo, northern Japan, on Feb. 10, 2015, after filing a libel suit with a local court against a journalist and three publishers earlier in the day, claiming their articles groundlessly labeled him as a fabricator of a report on a former Korean "comfort woman." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Newspaper publishers hold event in north Japan to attract young readers

A student pastes newspaper scraps during an event held by the Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association at a university in Yamagata city, northwestern Japan, on May 26, 2015, to promote interest in newspapers among young people. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Asahi Shimbun adviser to resign as head of newspaper association

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Hakoshima (file photo), executive adviser of the Asahi Shimbun, said Sept. 7 he will resign as the chairman of the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association due to a recent scandal involving a fabricated report on the Sept. 11 general election by the major national daily. (Kyodo)

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Asahi Shimbun adviser resigns as head of newspaper association

TOKYO, Japan - Shinichi Hakoshima, executive adviser of the Asahi Shimbun, said at a news conference in Tokyo on Sept. 7 that he will resign as the chairman of the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association to take responsibility for a recent scandal involving a fabricated report on the Sept. 11 general election by the major national daily.(Kyodo)

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Japan Embassy thanks people of Thai for support

BANGKOK, Thailand - Photo shows a page of the March 31, 2011 issue of Thailand's English newspaper, the Nation, which carries a message of appreciation by the Japanese Embassy in Bangkok for the support the people of Thailand have offered Japan following the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The embassy, which plans to have the message published in several newspapers, said the publishers offered to carry it for free. (Kyodo)

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Popular mascot character joins "scrapbook relay" to promote newspapers

Kumamon (R), a popular mascot character representing Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, hands his handmade newspaper scrapbook to Hyakumansan, a mascot of Ishikawa Prefecture, in Kanazawa, central Japan, on July 30, 2015. The handover was part of a "scrapbook relay" by some local government mascots to promote a project organized by the Japan Newspaper Publishers & Editors Association to attract a broader readership among the younger generation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Media representatives open meeting

YOKOHAMA, Japan - The Japan Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association (Nihon Shimbun Kyokai) opens a 2-day annual convention in Yokohama on Oct. 17. The 53rd such gathering was attended by some 540 representatives of newspapers, news agencies and broadcast stations throughout Japan.